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"More than 80 percent of the $1.5 billion in contracts signed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency alone were awarded without bidding or with limited competition, government records show, provoking concerns among auditors and government officials about the potential for favoritism or abuse.

Already, questions have been raised about the political connections of two major contractors - the Shaw Group and Kellogg, Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton - that have been represented by the lobbyist Joe M. Allbaugh, President Bush's former campaign manager and a former leader of FEMA."

Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions

Now here is what bothers me. Shouldn't these questions have been raised before the contracts were awarded? I mean, what use is it to lament over it now? The contracts are awarded. The money is flowing. It will be years before any sort of inquiry concludes anything of value... if ever such inquiry is even done. Meanwhile, the hogs are getting fat and should they need to spend a fraction of their profits for attorney's fees... so be it.